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The thing with that is people are very lazy when it comes to breeding and EV training a team. Most everyone just get their Pokemon illegally for the sake of conveneince. Maybe make it to where people can't use hacks, that way the prizes of Pokemon seem worth it.

Really looking forward to the VGC part of this now as that's all I play. When is community night, I'd look but my PSP loads everything so slowly.

Can't sign up via PSP. :/
If I use hacks, I make sure they are within legit standards, but I no longer own an Action Replay so I'll probably just use Pokecheck to breed legitly. Too bad there isn't a way to RNG using a PSP.

I had an idea recently. Since the Pokemon of the Fortnight isn't getting much participation, I was wondering if we could ditch that and start up the Community Create-A-Team instead. It's the same thing but instead it's focused on the community creating a team together rather than users individually creating teams. I think this would be more entertaining, and is more community involved.

I had an idea recently. Since the Pokemon of the Fortnight isn't getting much participation, I was wondering if we could ditch that and start up the Community Create-A-Team instead. It's the same thing but instead it's focused on the community creating a team together rather than users individually creating teams. I think this would be more entertaining, and is more community involved.

I had an idea recently. Since the Pokemon of the Fortnight isn't getting much participation, I was wondering if we could ditch that and start up the Community Create-A-Team instead. It's the same thing but instead it's focused on the community creating a team together rather than users individually creating teams. I think this would be more entertaining, and is more community involved.

I had an idea recently. Since the Pokemon of the Fortnight isn't getting much participation, I was wondering if we could ditch that and start up the Community Create-A-Team instead. It's the same thing but instead it's focused on the community creating a team together rather than users individually creating teams. I think this would be more entertaining, and is more community involved.

This sounds great! xD It'll help the members bond together and cooperate in the building of this team. By building this team together, members could gain new team-building ideas, better up their already existing teams, or simply learn a thing or two to use in their in-game teams. This could be helpful to those who are newer to battling and to help promote a friendly and easy-going atmosphere. xD

Huh, seeing this, and I actually came to this thread to say that I'd like to see more noncompetitive battling discussion, as it's exclusionary that competitive is all this section is treated as, given the following:

Quote originally posted by Wolflare; Battle Center Guidelines:

Anything that incorporates battling strategy can be posted here regardless if it's competitive, casual, or in-game.

I was re-reading this thread that turned out terribly. Back then there was barely any regulars. People like NU but resist it more because there's a lot to learn, etc, and it's not all from the start, and so on.

What if... we all at once specialise in something else, being PU? Aka what's below NU. It's not really an official tier, and while there are cut-offs, we can certainly try/get to use certain mons in PU and work by NU's tiers as in what leaves/joins PU. None of us would know anything so we'd be starting fresh p much and rather than pushing NU, a different version of it, aka PU, can become bigger, and instead of complaining about Mushy etc in NU we can play with some of NU's mons but in a fun way with the most powerful/most used not even allowed!

I'm not sure this post makes sense. tl;dr let's try PU. I mean I could just post a PU thread but I think it'd be better to have people interested all at once given we don't know much really. ;x

I'm all for it. Things are getting a bit boring around here and this might help. I can launch the Community Create-A-Team with a PU theme if you folks would like that. We might gain some knowledge about the metagame from the discussion. Additionally, PU will be available on the ladder once Steve updates the server.

However, not all of these Pokemon are PU because the tiers haven't changed (the last tier change was after December). So, only use these statistics to see what's popular, and not to figure whether a Pokemon is PU or not.

Quote originally posted by Cassino:

Huh, seeing this, and I actually came to this thread to say that I'd like to see more noncompetitive battling discussion, as it's exclusionary that competitive is all this section is treated as, given the following:

i find it a little irritating when i want to find a new tournament but the events and group section is full of leagues. maybe the two should be separated? it doesn't bother me that much but still seems rather inconvenient.

i find it a little irritating when i want to find a new tournament but the events and group section is full of leagues. maybe the two should be separated? it doesn't bother me that much but still seems rather inconvenient.

We haven't had any leagues posted in the past month. All of the recent threads are tournaments. I was thinking about adding an index of currently running events and groups to the forum splash (at the top of the forum). I could possibly include sections for tournaments, leagues, clans, etc. and display which are currently looking for sign-ups. I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble though.

Now that the battles are working on our server, are people still interested in trying out PU? I was also thinking about starting up the weekly tournaments now that E&G isn't as concentrated with events as it used to be. Basically, each tournament is single-elimination and is made up of four rounds. Each of those rounds last a week and have a different theme. Battle won are tallied up from all of the rounds, and the winner is decided at the end of a month. However, this isn't concrete; I might change it if I think of something else. The basic idea is to provide fast, weekly competitions with each having different themes.

How would you guys feel about having a weekly server tournament held on Saturday (EST)? It would most likely happen at nighttime, but it could moved to an earlier time every other tournament for the British. Each tournament would have a different theme. In a sense, it would be a mini-CommDay, but certainly not as major.

How would you guys feel about having a weekly server tournament held on Saturday (EST)? It would most likely happen at nighttime, but it could moved to an earlier time every other tournament for the British. The theme would vary each tournament. In a sense, it would be a mini-CommDay, but certainly not as major.

First off, I'm posting this here for anyone interested in giving feedback. I could post this in the Mod Lounge first, but I'd like to get the battling community's opinion on this.

BC has been hurting for activity lately, and this is nothing new. I think there's little I can do to fix that. There has been little to no competitive discussion here at PC, and that has gotten even worse. PC's battling community has gotten more "casual" and has become less focused on being a second Smogon (which isn't a bad thing). As a result, the Competitive Battling Center was renamed to the Battle Center to accommodate discussion related to in-game battling strategy and team building. However, a major problem remains from that change: in-game battling discussion is already discussed in the other Pokemon gaming forums. Threads such as "What's your team?" could exist in BC as they are related battling and team building. The same can be said about this random thread I spotted while viewing the forum index; mainly because abilities and other Pokemon stats are associated with battling strategy. I could possibly make a thread about Sylveon and what people predict its stats, moves, and such will be, but it would be strikingly similar to the XY forum's version. There is simply no need for a separate forum just for battling and team building when those topics are already covered by PC's other Pokemon game forums. However, there's still competitive discussion, but the problem is that there is not enough activity and interest to warrant an entire forum for that. In fact, there's not much of a reason for competitive discussion when the "# Generation" forums could easily include that. The tiers for competitive Pokemon have always been organized by generation, so it seems like a perfect fit. The fifth generation forum already has Weekly NU Match-up threads without encountering any problems. I doubt any issues would show up, and the PC's community may even become more interested in competitive play if it was discussed in the main Pokemon game forums. I feel there is no need to separate competitive play from other discussions about the Pokemon games, and that separation may be one of the causes why members feel intimidated by competitive play. As a result, PC's battling community may benefit from this.

In conclusion, what I want to do is remove the BC we have right now, because I believe it to be redundant when its purpose is essentially filled by other forums. Then, make its sub-forums into separate forums like in the past. E&G would be renamed to "Battle Center" or "Battle Stadium," while the team help sub-forums would be combined into one forum called "Pokemon Team Help." The Pokemon Team Help forum would be similar to Strategies & Movesets, but it would be strictly for team help and not the "all-in-one" competitive forum like it used to be. The other Pokemon gaming forums would then be used for discussion and battle logs depending on which generation the thread is related to.

It's really saddening that this had to happen to BC. I know that I haven't been a part of the competitive community for a terribly long time, but I do remember at least randomly stalking S&M and whatnot, and what happened during those times, and regulars that were there during those times. It seems that the S&M period was really PC's competitive battling's golden times, if I'm correct. But yet, our regulars started leaving, they had important obligations to take care of, things of that nature. As such, our competitive community started to dwindle.

But things started to change. We had new regulars, and a bit more activity was brought back to the forums. Not to what was expected, but at least it gained a few, and then those regulars stopped posting. I could go on a huge rant about the whole life, but I just feel that, after this period that maybe it is time that BC itself doesn't remain a forum anymore. Our competitive community mostly resides on the server nowadays, where we battle, chat, and have fun, and I believe it really succeeded in that. The forum itself has probably ran past it's time, so maybe it is time that BC was really done for and replaced by other forums.

It is because of this that I agree with this decision to remove it and have it replaced by "Battle Stadium". Keeping the current name would be ideal to a few, but I find that PC's competitive community needs a fresh start, and I believe a new name would accomplish that.

Those I'm confused about one thing. Would Pokemon Team help be a subforum of Battle Stadium, or would it be a separate forum entirely?

It would be its own forum, since it makes little sense to keep it attached to the Battle Center any longer. The Pokemon Team Help forum would be more related to the "# Generation" forums and Pokemon game discussion than it would be related to battling events.

I see then. I suppose I'm just confused as to whats going to happen to the concept of RMTs, since they've been a part of Battle Center/Stadium for quite a while, now. Are they going to belong in Pokemon Team Help, or are they going to belong in Battle Stadium? I understand that PTH can be utilized for in-game team discussion, but can it also be used for competitive team discussion? And if so, what content is going to be posted in Battle Stadium, is what I'm wondering? D:

I see then. I suppose I'm just confused as to whats going to happen to the concept of RMTs, since they've been a part of Battle Center/Stadium for quite a while, now. Are they going to belong in Pokemon Team Help, or are they going to belong in Battle Stadium? I understand that PTH can be utilized for in-game team discussion, but can it also be used for competitive team discussion? And if so, what content is going to be posted in Battle Stadium, is what I'm wondering? D:

E&G will be renamed to the Battle Stadium or Center, so its content would be threads for hosting battles (i.e. tournaments, leagues, etc.). PTH would be a new separate forum strictly for RMT threads, but there would be a sticky thread for moveset requests and incomplete team help like with CTH and ITH. However, I'm unsure whether competitive and in-game RMTs would be separated. But basically, it would be similar to the way things used to be with the Battle Stadium and Strategies & Movesets. However, the Pokemon Team Help forum won't include much discussion; it would be there for team building help.

E&G will be renamed to the Battle Stadium or Center, so its content would be threads for hosting battles (i.e. tournaments, leagues, etc.). PTH would be a new separate forum strictly for RMT threads, but there would be a sticky thread for moveset requests and incomplete team help like with CTH and ITH. However, I'm unsure whether competitive and in-game RMTs would be separated. But basically, it would be similar to the way things used to be with the Battle Stadium and Strategies & Movesets. However, the Pokemon Team Help forum won't include much discussion; it would be there for team building help.

Mmmm, so basically the new Battle Center/Stadium would basically be the new E&G for tournaments and whatnot? I mean, I dunno, I suppose it wouldn't be too bad, because my worry is that the forum would be more or less empty, as we don't have tournies too often, and even if we do, they're kind of forgotten. I suppose with enough advertising, it could work, but that problem still arises.

I mean, my suggestion would be to allow Competitive RMTs as well as In-game RMTs in the new PTH forum, because that would make it easier for convenience reasons and not confuse people as to what goes where. The thing about it is, RMTs are what composes a lot of what BC is now, so PTH would pretty much be about 70-80% of that. Competitive questions and polls could possibly belong in Pokemon Gaming Central, right? That being said, I believe that Tourneys could potentially be held within the new PTH forum, even though that would contradict the very nature of the forum, it would be more organized. u__u;;

I mean, like I said, my fear is the new Battle Stadium forum becoming too empty if it's new role is just to serve as tournies and events. Comm Days are bi-monthy or so (I wasn't here for the first one?), so yeah, activity in that forum would be quite scarce.

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